Coat hanger



April 27 1926. 1,582,662

C. BART GOAT HANGER Filed Feb. 24, 1925 'INVENTOR 67/172 155 Ema-r Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

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CHARLES BART, (3F KEW GARDENS, NEW YORK.

CQAT HANGER.

Application filed February 24, 1925. Serial No. 11,057

' Hangers, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This inventionrelates to coat hangers and particularly to devices of this class provided with means for gripping and retaining a garment in connection therewith to preventthe accidental displacement thereof; and the object of the invention consists in providing a garment hanger of general form and providing the side portions thereof with movably disposed gripping jaws normally retained in operative position under tension and adapted to be moved into inoperative position by hand; a further object being to provide the gripping jaws of" devices ot the class specified composed of a single strand of wire diashioned ,to form the jaw member proper, and the pivoted end portion thereot as well as the means for applying tension to the jaw member; and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specified which is simple in construction,

eiiicient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The inventionis fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a hanger made according to my invention and showing one of the jaw members ina raised position.

2 isa plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 1, with part of the construction broken away.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 on'an enlarged scale; .and,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a detail of thetwo of my improved jaw members or clamp devices for retaining a garment against displacement i'rom the part 5.

The invention adaptedprimarily for use in connection with dresses, shirt waists and like garments, and prinicipal-ly garments of this class which are apt to become displaced from the hanger when in use,

and the jaw members or devices 7 are adapted to cooperate with such garments when mounted on the part 5 to trictionally retain them against accidental displacement and said jaw members or devices are so constructed as to facilitate the detachment of the hanger from the garment, whenever desired, in a simple and effective manner.

In the construction shown, each of the aw members or devices 7 is composed of a single strand of wire bent centrally to forinan elongated loop 8, the end or which flares upwardly as seen at 9 in Fig. l 01 the drawand connected with the side members of the loop 8 is a transverse :i elt strip 10 adapted to bear upon the top part 5 of the hanger or the garment thereof as .will be apparent. It will also be noted that the side members of the loop 8 are adapted to overlap the part 5 to torma gripping jaw or member, while the felt or other fabric strip 10 serves as means for protecting the garment and will prevent the same from becoming torn or defaced in any way. The side members of the loop 8 are brought together into parallel relation as seen at 11 in Fig. 201" the drawing, and adjacent the other end portion of the device 7, the wire is fashioned to form oppositely disposed ol'lset portions 12, and the ends of the wire continue backwardly and are curved downwardly as shown at 13 and upwardly as shown at 14, and are also flared laterally as indicated at 15 in Fig. t of the drawing to form finger pieces by means of which the device is operated, and the ends of the ,wire after being flared laterally and bent upwardly are bentdownwardly and forwardly to form open loops 16 and are then bent to form eyes 17 through which a pivot pin or eyelet 18 passes, and the free end portions of said wire after passing around the pivots 18 extend upwardly as shown at 19, and the end portions are bent inwardly and downwardly into the offset portions 12 as seen at 20, and said end portions may be soldered in position and to the offset portions 12 of the wire to form a unitary construction. It

will be apparent that the end portions 19 of the wire are secured in position to give tension to the loop end 8 of the device 7, and said end portions also serve, when secured in position, to prevent the separation of the rod where brought together or in parallel relation as seen at. 11.

The pivot pins or eyelets 18 are mounted in the part 5 of the hanger clearly seen in the drawing and preferably so arranged as to give the proper or desired tension to the jaw members or devices 7. it will be apparent that the upstanding end portions 19 are directed forwardly orin oil-centered position when the jaw members or devices 7 are in o erative position, and

by applying the tgers oi a hand in the (lCPl'G..SlOl1S l3 and fOi'Clng said end portions of the devices downu-ardly as seen in dot and dash lines at the right of Fig. 1 ot the drawing, the loop end portions 8 may he raised out of engagement with the part 5, and it the depression of the devices 7 is sullicient, the same will assume a position substantially similar to that illustrated in dot and dash lines in said tigure. The movement of the devices 7 to release a garment from the part 5 need only be very slight and the entire operationi may be accomplished by one hand of an operator, two lingers ot the hand being placed in the grooves 13 of the separate devices with the thumb of the hand beneath the central portion ol the part 5.

1 am well aware of the tact that there are other devices in use which operate to accomplish the result accomplished by my improved device, but in most cases, the devices now in use require the use of the two hands in their manipulation or are of such complicated construction that the costs thereof are prohibitive to render the same commercially valuable. The distinctive Feature of my invention resides in the provision of a simple, practical and ellicient jaw member or clamp device for garment hangers ot the class under consideration, and particularly to the construction 01 a device of this class of a single piece of material. Vhile I have shown certain details of (Ollfltllltftilml for car rying my invention into ellcct, it will be understood that I am not necessarily limited to the construction herein shown and described, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment hanger, the side portions of which are provided with clamp devices for trictionally retaining a garment against displacement on said hanger, said devices comprising an outer or jaw portion, an inner portion pivotally mounted in connection with the hanger and provided with a finger piece for moving the jaw portion into inoperative position, and means on the pivot of said device and cooperating with the pivot end portion thereof for normally holding the jaw member of the device in operative position under tension.

A garment hanger, the side portions oi which are provided with clamp devices for 'trictionally retaining a garment against displacement on said hanger, said devices C(llllPllSlllg an outer or jaw portion, an inner portion pivotally mounted in connection with the hanger and provided with a linger piece for moving the jaw portion into inoperative position, means on the pivot ol said device and cooperating with the pivot end portion thereot for normally holding the jaw member of the device in operative position under tension, and the several parts of the. device being of unitary construction.

3. i'f-c clamp device for use in connection with garment hangers, said device being fashioned from a strip or wire to form an elongated loop at one end, said wire being brought together into substantially parallcl relation throughout the shank ol' the device and the end portions of said wire being fashioned to :lorm linger pieces, eyes through which a pivot pin is adapted to pass, and end portions engaging the shank adjacei'lt the linger pieces thereon.

-.l-. A clamp device for use in connection with garment hangers, said device being fashioned from a strip of wire to 'l'orm an elongated loop at one end, said wire being brought together into substantially parallel relation through the shank oi the device and the end portions oli said wire being :l'ashioned to form linger pieces, eyes through which a pivot pin is adapted to pass, and portions engagii'ig the shank adjacent the linger pieces thereon, and said end portions. when the device is in use, serving to hold the loop-shaped end portion in operative position under tension.

5. In a garment hanger, a device 1" or lrictionally retaining a garment against displacement from the hanger comprising a body of unitary construction provided at one end with an elongated loop and at the other end with flared open loops fashioned to form linger pieces. the ends of said loops terminating in angularly disposed members engaging the shank of the body to form a yoke, and said ends having eyes through which a pivot pin is adapted to pass.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 21st day of February 1925.

CHARLES BART. 

